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This Year, Resolve To Get More Sleep

Does getting more sleep top your 2019 resolution list? If you aren’t already getting seven to eight hours a night, it should.

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Getting You To Pay in a Freemium World

Firms that adopt a freemium model hope to entice people to become paying customers. They often fail. Research shows how they can succeed.

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Stocks To Watch in the Year Ahead

Like the big man in the North Pole, Maryland Smith’s David Kass spends the waning weeks of the year making a list and checking it twice.

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How To Navigate the Holiday Work Party

Whether the office party is a cheerful event you look forward to all year or a cringe-inducing one that fills you with dread, chances are, it's probably already on your calendar. Here's how to survive it.

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Dolce & Gabbana's China Problem

Dolce & Gabbana is reeling from a self-inflicted scandal and it seems unlikely to go away anytime soon, says Maryland Smith's Yajin Wang.

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Canada’s Move, Not Qatar’s, Is Big News For Oil

It was big news when Qatar announced it was quitting OPEC after nearly 60 years. But a development 6,000 miles away in Canada is likely to have a far more significant impact on oil prices, Maryland Smith's Charles E. Olson says.

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Seven Ways To Be More Productive at Work

December can be overwhelming, with as tasks pile up at home and at work. Here’s a guide to help you become more productive at the office, now and throughout the year.

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The Marketing Standouts and Flops of 2018

Sometimes a brand’s marketing concept just works. It drives consumer behavior and boosts consumer approval. It makes people think or makes people laugh. And sometimes… sometimes… it just flops. Hard.

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Why GM Is Making Cuts Now

When it announced this week its plans to idle five factories and to cut roughly 14,000 jobs, GM looked very much like a company in retreat. But it's quite the opposite.

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Military, Math, Mom and MBA

As a systems engineer, math major, nuclear reactor operator and mother of two small children, the

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The Rise of the Impact Investor

So you want to put your money where your values are. Then the latest in growing investment trends – impact investing – might be for you.

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You Might Be In a Career Rut If...

If you love what you do, you won’t ever ask yourself the question of whether you’re on the right track. But if your job doesn’t excite you, you need to figure out what will.

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